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Sat, 23 Jan 2016 06:05:41 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22264I have felt that Ted Cruz has been shifting his positions lately but I didn’t have concrete details about it until I saw Ben Swan’s video. Please watch it if you have time: Swan is absolutely correct about Edward Snowden’s role in legislation. Snowden empowered Congress to deal (however weakly) with NSA surveillance because, until he blew the whistle, Congress was kept ignorant of it. Edward Snowden is a hero and Ted Cruz’s earlier statements were more consistent with his identity as a Constitutional conservative. His most recent statements against Snowden put him more in line with Barack Obama.

]]>I have felt that Ted Cruz has been shifting his positions lately but I didn’t have concrete details about it until I saw Ben Swan’s video. Please watch it if you have time:

Swan is absolutely correct about Edward Snowden’s role in legislation. Snowden empowered Congress to deal (however weakly) with NSA surveillance because, until he blew the whistle, Congress was kept ignorant of it.

Edward Snowden is a hero and Ted Cruz’s earlier statements were more consistent with his identity as a Constitutional conservative. His most recent statements against Snowden put him more in line with Barack Obama.

]]>RNC Punishes the National Review for Attacking Donald Trumphttps://politicaloutcast.com/rnc-punishes-the-national-review-for-attacking-donald-trump/
Sat, 23 Jan 2016 06:04:19 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22262You have probably heard of The National Review’s issue devoted to attacking Donald Trump. Even if you are in favor of attacking Trump, the National Review has a history of attacking Patrick Buchanan, Ron Paul, and others. And we all know they would have happily ordered us to support Jeb Bush. The Republican National Committee has “disinvited” the National Review from the next debate. Politico reports, National Review agreed to partner with NBC for the Republican debate scheduled for Feb. 26 in Houston, Texas. Shortly after, the partnership for the pre-Super Tuesday debate was suspended and the RNC selected CNN as its replacement, according to Fowler’s report. The debate was rescheduled for Feb. 25 and set to feature National Review alongside Salem Radio and Telemundo as partners. I suppose this makes sense since National Review could hardly claim to be neutral. The real question is why NR was ever invited to have a role in the debate. Andrea Tantaros writes at Fox News, Publications like National Review, run by elite “conservatives” have given us George W. Bush and his wars, “No Child Left Behind,” Medicare Part D, huge deficits caused by Republican consultants spending to woo select voters, Mitt “Romneycare” Romney, John McCain…the list goes on and on. William F. Buckley, who founded National Review, used the magazine to publish a stellar series of essays by conservative intellectuals who helped foster the Reagan Revolution. Since then, “movement conservatism” has not been a powerful enough force to make things better for the working classes in the country. Tantaros also points out that the NR staff were completely blind to the rise of Trump. They don’t understand why Trump is popular and they have no business trying to critique him. But Trump himself has responded via Twitter. National Review is a failing publication that has lost it’s way. It’s circulation is way down w its influence being at an all time low. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2016 The dying @NRO National Review has totally given up the fight against Barrack Obama. They have been losing for years. I will beat Hillary! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2016 By the way, it wasn’t that long ago that NR published a defense of same-sex “marriage.” They are not the referees of conservatism.

]]>You have probably heard of The National Review’s issue devoted to attacking Donald Trump. Even if you are in favor of attacking Trump, the National Review has a history of attacking Patrick Buchanan, Ron Paul, and others. And we all know they would have happily ordered us to support Jeb Bush.

The Republican National Committee has “disinvited” the National Review from the next debate. Politico reports,

National Review agreed to partner with NBC for the Republican debate scheduled for Feb. 26 in Houston, Texas. Shortly after, the partnership for the pre-Super Tuesday debate was suspended and the RNC selected CNN as its replacement, according to Fowler’s report.

The debate was rescheduled for Feb. 25 and set to feature National Review alongside Salem Radio and Telemundo as partners.

I suppose this makes sense since National Review could hardly claim to be neutral.

The real question is why NR was ever invited to have a role in the debate.

Publications like National Review, run by elite “conservatives” have given us George W. Bush and his wars, “No Child Left Behind,” Medicare Part D, huge deficits caused by Republican consultants spending to woo select voters, Mitt “Romneycare” Romney, John McCain…the list goes on and on.

William F. Buckley, who founded National Review, used the magazine to publish a stellar series of essays by conservative intellectuals who helped foster the Reagan Revolution.

Since then, “movement conservatism” has not been a powerful enough force to make things better for the working classes in the country.

Tantaros also points out that the NR staff were completely blind to the rise of Trump. They don’t understand why Trump is popular and they have no business trying to critique him.

But Trump himself has responded via Twitter.

National Review is a failing publication that has lost it’s way. It’s circulation is way down w its influence being at an all time low. Sad!

]]>I’ve Got to Admit This Bernie Sanders Ad is Brilliant!https://politicaloutcast.com/ive-got-to-admit-this-bernie-sanders-ad-is-brilliant/
Sat, 23 Jan 2016 06:03:26 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22258It’s got Simon and Garfunkel, people cheering, and a child carrying a calf. Most importantly, the entire video is devoid of any intellectual content. It is thus irrefutable. By carefully bypassing rational thought, Bernie Sanders definitely plays to his strengths. The man who insists he is not a career politician after 25 years in Congress would be wise to avoid logic altogether. One might deduce a couple of implied arguments: 1. Bernie Sanders will find us America; and 2. So many cheering, happy people can’t be wrong. But the real argument is: “Hear nice music and feel good when you see the old man.” But the Bernie Sanders ad could work for anyone. Replace Bernie Sanders with Donald Trump and Sander’s signs with Trump’s and the ad would be just as convincing.

One might deduce a couple of implied arguments: 1. Bernie Sanders will find us America; and 2. So many cheering, happy people can’t be wrong. But the real argument is: “Hear nice music and feel good when you see the old man.”

But the Bernie Sanders ad could work for anyone. Replace Bernie Sanders with Donald Trump and Sander’s signs with Trump’s and the ad would be just as convincing.

]]>Walmart Should Stop Trying to Placate Living Wage Leftistshttps://politicaloutcast.com/walmart-should-stop-trying-to-placate-living-wage-leftists/
Sat, 23 Jan 2016 06:02:12 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22256Otherwise, they are committing suicide. It is impossible to placate the Left. You only encourage them. I recently posted about Walmart closing hundreds of stores and raised the possibility that this was the result of Walmart’s wage increase. Now Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge weighs in on the issue, telling Walmart that they should “never listen to the left.” Back when Walmart raised the wage Mark Horne raised the possibility that the retail giant was hoping to stop criticism. For Durden, there is no question: Walmart was indubitably trying to satisfy the living wage Leftists. Walmart decided to no longer pay employees the minimum wage but to set a floor on wages at $9 an hour. Boom. Suddenly the new employees were making as much as the employees who had stayed on the job and earned raises. Walmart basically demoralized their experienced workforce. The fact that Walmart didn’t foresee this happening is itself evidence that Durden is right: This wasn’t a careful financial decision but an attempt to win the Left’s approval. And because they won’t back down from their original ill-conceived pay raise, Walmart is giving everyone a two-percent raise at an estimated cost of $2.7 billion dollars. I wonder what is going to have to happen to prices to sustain these new labor costs? Will Aldi and various dollar-store chains get more business as people find that Walmart is no longer a bargain. At least they are recognizing that the longtime workers who are already making more than $10 need something,” union-backed OUR Walmart’s Tyfani Faulkner added, before noting that she “doesn’t think 2% is enough for employees that often make so little to begin with.” Precisely. These dribs and drabs may have some symbolic value and may bolster WalMart’s image as a good corporate citizen, but let’s not kid ourselves: a 2% raise isn’t going to be a life-changing event for the vast majority of the company’s employees who are still going to struggle. Exactly. Not even fifteen dollars an hour would be a “living wage” for many people. Leftists simply campaign for these amounts to have an achievable goal. As soon as they get that pay raise they will start new complaints and argue that they should be paid more. They will move the goal posts. There will be evidence for Leftists’ concerns. Any minimum wage hike they get, besides throwing people out of work, will cause prices to go up. The inflation will be used as an excuse to increase minimum wage. Placating Leftists is an endless cycle.

Walmart decided to no longer pay employees the minimum wage but to set a floor on wages at $9 an hour. Boom. Suddenly the new employees were making as much as the employees who had stayed on the job and earned raises. Walmart basically demoralized their experienced workforce.

The fact that Walmart didn’t foresee this happening is itself evidence that Durden is right: This wasn’t a careful financial decision but an attempt to win the Left’s approval.

And because they won’t back down from their original ill-conceived pay raise, Walmart is giving everyone a two-percent raise at an estimated cost of $2.7 billion dollars. I wonder what is going to have to happen to prices to sustain these new labor costs? Will Aldi and various dollar-store chains get more business as people find that Walmart is no longer a bargain.

At least they are recognizing that the longtime workers who are already making more than $10 need something,” union-backed OUR Walmart’s Tyfani Faulkner added, before noting that she “doesn’t think 2% is enough for employees that often make so little to begin with.”

Precisely. These dribs and drabs may have some symbolic value and may bolster WalMart’s image as a good corporate citizen, but let’s not kid ourselves: a 2% raise isn’t going to be a life-changing event for the vast majority of the company’s employees who are still going to struggle.

Exactly. Not even fifteen dollars an hour would be a “living wage” for many people. Leftists simply campaign for these amounts to have an achievable goal. As soon as they get that pay raise they will start new complaints and argue that they should be paid more.

They will move the goal posts.

There will be evidence for Leftists’ concerns. Any minimum wage hike they get, besides throwing people out of work, will cause prices to go up. The inflation will be used as an excuse to increase minimum wage.

]]>Another Tragedy Shows the Importance of Gun Ownershiphttps://politicaloutcast.com/another-tragedy-shows-the-importance-of-gun-ownership/
Sat, 23 Jan 2016 06:01:51 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22254Most people who elect to spend money on lottery tickets and not on gun ownership do just fine, except for the wasted money on lottery tickets. Craigory Burch Jr. and everyone around him probably thought he was luckier than most unarmed lottery players. He won $434,272. But he wasn’t lucky at all. He would have been luckier if he’d never won the money. You know what comes next. After his winnings were announced (all over the local media one can assume) the door of Burch’s residence was kicked in. Three men, masked and armed, burst into the home. And the lucky lottery winner was instantly reduced to uselessly pleading for a better death. Fox 2 Now reported, quoting girlfriend Jasmine Hendricks, “When they came in, he said, don’t do it bro. Don’t do it in front of my kids. He said please don’t do it in front of my kids and my old lady. Please don’t do that bro. Please don’t. He said I’ll give you my bank card.” Hendricks says Burch threw his pants to the robbers. She’s sure they were after some of the money he had won. “Ever since he hit the lottery we kept getting calls, text messages, all that, saying, ‘be careful because people are out for him to rob him.” Hendricks says the men shot Burch shortly after realizing his wallet wasn’t in those pants. He died instantly. “They took my man from me. They took my son’s daddy from him. Both of my sons.” Now there is nothing for the mother of Burch’s children, or her own mother, to do but to beg law enforcement for justice. I hope they get justice, fast and severe. But even if they do, it won’t bring Burch back. Burch should have immediately invested in a handgun, ammunition, basic training, and a safe-storage system that would have prevented the children from getting the weapon when he wasn’t carrying it. He should have acquired a concealed carry permit. If Burch looked at all the possibilities and risks and freely chose to not acquire a handgun, that would be his right. But I suspect he was misled by politicians who insist that all people be disarmed. If I am right, then those people assisted the three masked gunmen. Yes, I’m looking at you, President Obama. Do you think you can trust the government to protect you? Below is a news story about the murder with a related story tagged to the end of it. The Georgia legislature is considering a bill that would allow state lottery winners to not have their names announced—only if they give up 25 percent of the jackpot. Stories like this don’t give me hope that the government’s highest priority is the protection of people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1VrNUFoP2s

]]>Most people who elect to spend money on lottery tickets and not on gun ownership do just fine, except for the wasted money on lottery tickets.

Craigory Burch Jr. and everyone around him probably thought he was luckier than most unarmed lottery players. He won $434,272.

But he wasn’t lucky at all. He would have been luckier if he’d never won the money.

You know what comes next.

After his winnings were announced (all over the local media one can assume) the door of Burch’s residence was kicked in. Three men, masked and armed, burst into the home. And the lucky lottery winner was instantly reduced to uselessly pleading for a better death.

“When they came in, he said, don’t do it bro. Don’t do it in front of my kids. He said please don’t do it in front of my kids and my old lady. Please don’t do that bro. Please don’t. He said I’ll give you my bank card.”

Hendricks says Burch threw his pants to the robbers. She’s sure they were after some of the money he had won. “Ever since he hit the lottery we kept getting calls, text messages, all that, saying, ‘be careful because people are out for him to rob him.”

Hendricks says the men shot Burch shortly after realizing his wallet wasn’t in those pants. He died instantly. “They took my man from me. They took my son’s daddy from him. Both of my sons.”

Now there is nothing for the mother of Burch’s children, or her own mother, to do but to beg law enforcement for justice. I hope they get justice, fast and severe. But even if they do, it won’t bring Burch back.

Burch should have immediately invested in a handgun, ammunition, basic training, and a safe-storage system that would have prevented the children from getting the weapon when he wasn’t carrying it. He should have acquired a concealed carry permit.

If Burch looked at all the possibilities and risks and freely chose to not acquire a handgun, that would be his right.

But I suspect he was misled by politicians who insist that all people be disarmed. If I am right, then those people assisted the three masked gunmen. Yes, I’m looking at you, President Obama.

Do you think you can trust the government to protect you?

Below is a news story about the murder with a related story tagged to the end of it. The Georgia legislature is considering a bill that would allow state lottery winners to not have their names announced—only if they give up 25 percent of the jackpot. Stories like this don’t give me hope that the government’s highest priority is the protection of people.

]]>The Problem of the Sexless Japanese Still Continueshttps://politicaloutcast.com/the-problem-of-the-sexless-japanese-still-continues/
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:05:33 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22243Mark Horne posted about this problem over a year ago. Now McClatchy reports that nothing has improved. There are still a growing number of sexless Japanese. Japan is well known for many things, and its obsession with sex is one of them. It has one of the most robust pornographic and adult-toy industries in the world and airs TV commercials for items as banal as candy that feature sexually suggestive themes. It even has an annual fertility festival that parades two five-foot-tall penis sculptures down a busy street on a Sunday afternoon. And yet nearly half of singles in Japan have no interest in dating – a situation that many experts predict will help lead to a population decline of one-third in the next 45 years. A researcher claims that 41.6 percent of males in their twenties have never had sex. According to a survey of never-married people by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, 27.6 percent of single men and 22.6 percent of single women have no interest in engaging in a relationship with the opposite sex. Researchers cite those statistics to argue that a significant portion of Japanese simply has no interest in sex. According to an RT news report from a couple of years ago, even married people have stopped having sex–with real humans, at least. Computer porn seems involved according to that report. Why did this happen? What will be the economic consequences? And will it spread? While the U.S. is fixated on homosexual and transgender delusions, the fate of the world rests on men and women getting together and having children.

Japan is well known for many things, and its obsession with sex is one of them. It has one of the most robust pornographic and adult-toy industries in the world and airs TV commercials for items as banal as candy that feature sexually suggestive themes. It even has an annual fertility festival that parades two five-foot-tall penis sculptures down a busy street on a Sunday afternoon.

And yet nearly half of singles in Japan have no interest in dating – a situation that many experts predict will help lead to a population decline of one-third in the next 45 years.

A researcher claims that 41.6 percent of males in their twenties have never had sex.

According to a survey of never-married people by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, 27.6 percent of single men and 22.6 percent of single women have no interest in engaging in a relationship with the opposite sex. Researchers cite those statistics to argue that a significant portion of Japanese simply has no interest in sex.

According to an RT news report from a couple of years ago, even married people have stopped having sex–with real humans, at least. Computer porn seems involved according to that report.

Why did this happen? What will be the economic consequences? And will it spread?

While the U.S. is fixated on homosexual and transgender delusions, the fate of the world rests on men and women getting together and having children.

]]>Bob Dole Would Prefer Donald Trump to Ted Cruzhttps://politicaloutcast.com/bob-dole-would-prefer-donald-trump-to-ted-cruz/
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:04:19 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22241Donald Trump has obviously benefitted from an anti-politician feeling among Americans. He is perceived as the heroic outsider and the ultimate anti-establishment candidate. Establishment mouthpieces have claimed that he is an existential threat to the Republican Establishment. But maybe Ted Cruz is the anti-establishment President despite a history in government and his status as a Senator. Even Donald Trump seems to affirm that Cruz is more of an outsider by saying that everybody hates him and he won’t be able to get anything done. According to the New York Times, Bob Dole has recently said that Donald Trump as Republican nominee and as President would be preferable to Ted Cruz. He claimed that Cruz as nominee would cause the party “cataclysmic” losses. I remember Dole’s own horrible campaign against Bill Clinton in 1996 and wonder how he became such an expert. But more interesting is what he says of Trump versus Cruz as President. He questions Cruz’s loyalty to the Republican Party. Again, that’s what people used to complain about Trump, and that was also one reason for Trump’s rise in the polls. But even more interesting, Dole thinks Trump will compromise and Cruz won’t. “I don’t know how he’s going to deal with Congress,” he said. “Nobody likes him.” But Mr. Dole, 92, said he thought Mr. Trump could “probably work with Congress, because he’s, you know, he’s got the right personality and he’s kind of a deal-maker.” So Cruz is hopeless but Dole thinks the Republicans could work with Trump. I think Dole is onto something in his highly biased way. Trump boasts of his independence but no one runs for President unless he wants something. Trump may not need money, but it is obvious from the way he campaigns and his reality TV history that he loves to be the star. When he realizes that he can’t “make America great again” with Presidential powers, suddenly he will be looking for a lasting legacy. Who knows who he will make a deal with at that point.

According to the New York Times, Bob Dole has recently said that Donald Trump as Republican nominee and as President would be preferable to Ted Cruz. He claimed that Cruz as nominee would cause the party “cataclysmic” losses. I remember Dole’s own horrible campaign against Bill Clinton in 1996 and wonder how he became such an expert.

But more interesting is what he says of Trump versus Cruz as President. He questions Cruz’s loyalty to the Republican Party. Again, that’s what people used to complain about Trump, and that was also one reason for Trump’s rise in the polls.

But even more interesting, Dole thinks Trump will compromise and Cruz won’t.

But Mr. Dole, 92, said he thought Mr. Trump could “probably work with Congress, because he’s, you know, he’s got the right personality and he’s kind of a deal-maker.”

So Cruz is hopeless but Dole thinks the Republicans could work with Trump.

I think Dole is onto something in his highly biased way. Trump boasts of his independence but no one runs for President unless he wants something. Trump may not need money, but it is obvious from the way he campaigns and his reality TV history that he loves to be the star. When he realizes that he can’t “make America great again” with Presidential powers, suddenly he will be looking for a lasting legacy. Who knows who he will make a deal with at that point.

]]>Donald Trump Bribes Iowa Voters with Ethanolhttps://politicaloutcast.com/donald-trump-bribes-iowa-voters-with-ethanol/
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:03:50 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22239Sarah Palin, in her deeply misguided endorsement of Donald Trump, said that “crony capitalists” want “bloated budgets” to “suck off them.” But Trump has shown that the Iowa people are all crony capitalists feeding off bloated budgets. From the Hill: Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal regulators should increase the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s gasoline supply. Speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Trump, a real estate mogul and the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ought to follow the ethanol volumes Congress set in 2007. “The EPA should ensure that biofuel … blend levels match the statutory level set by Congress under the [renewable fuel standard],” Trump said. So there you have it: One crony capitalist is trying to make a deal with a million other crony capitalists. In the process, he is siding with Barack Obama’s EPA and promising to increase damage to the engines of all our cars. How is that going to make America great? It’s not. This whole subsidy belongs to a banana republic type of government. When Donald Trump bribes Iowa residents he fits the role of someone wanting to gain power in a banana republic. The secret of the donor class is they don’t just bribe politicians to get what they want. They bribe us too. Here’s Rush Limbaugh’s commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9PBFFAuos

]]>Sarah Palin, in her deeply misguided endorsement of Donald Trump, said that “crony capitalists” want “bloated budgets” to “suck off them.”

But Trump has shown that the Iowa people are all crony capitalists feeding off bloated budgets. From the Hill:

Donald Trump said Tuesday that federal regulators should increase the amount of ethanol blended into the nation’s gasoline supply.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Trump, a real estate mogul and the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ought to follow the ethanol volumes Congress set in 2007.

“The EPA should ensure that biofuel … blend levels match the statutory level set by Congress under the [renewable fuel standard],” Trump said.

]]>Donald Trump Represents “the Middle Finger segment of the American Electorate”https://politicaloutcast.com/donald-trump-represents-the-middle-finger-segment-of-the-american-electorate/
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:02:17 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22237At the 1:24 mark, Dennis Goldford of Drake University says it in the AP report below. I was enraged that Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump ahead of the primaries. But there was one paragraph in her speech that really expressed Trump’s appeal. It is a little bit choppy but it is mostly understandable: Trump’s candidacy, it has exposed not just that tragic ramifications of that betrayal of the transformation of our country, but too, he has exposed the complicity on both sides of the aisle that has enabled it, okay? Well, Trump, what he’s been able to do, which is really ticking people off, which I’m glad about, he’s going rogue left and right, man, that’s why he’s doing so well. He’s been able to tear the veil off this idea of the system. The way that the system really works, and please hear me on this, I want you guys to understand more and more how the system, the establishment, works, and has gotten us into the troubles that we are in in America. The permanent political class has been doing the bidding of their campaign donor class, and that’s why you see that the borders are kept open. For them, for their cheap labor that they want to come in. That’s why they’ve been bloating budgets. It’s for crony capitalists to be able suck off of them. It’s why we see these lousy trade deals that gut our industry for special interests elsewhere. We need someone new, who has the power, and is in the position to bust up that establishment to make things great again. It’s part of the problem. I think this corresponds rather well to the “middle finger segment.” It also show why attack ads don’t work against Trump. Donald Trump represents American anger at our ruling class.

]]>At the 1:24 mark, Dennis Goldford of Drake University says it in the AP report below.

I was enraged that Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump ahead of the primaries. But there was one paragraph in her speech that really expressed Trump’s appeal. It is a little bit choppy but it is mostly understandable:

Trump’s candidacy, it has exposed not just that tragic ramifications of that betrayal of the transformation of our country, but too, he has exposed the complicity on both sides of the aisle that has enabled it, okay? Well, Trump, what he’s been able to do, which is really ticking people off, which I’m glad about, he’s going rogue left and right, man, that’s why he’s doing so well. He’s been able to tear the veil off this idea of the system. The way that the system really works, and please hear me on this, I want you guys to understand more and more how the system, the establishment, works, and has gotten us into the troubles that we are in in America. The permanent political class has been doing the bidding of their campaign donor class, and that’s why you see that the borders are kept open. For them, for their cheap labor that they want to come in. That’s why they’ve been bloating budgets. It’s for crony capitalists to be able suck off of them. It’s why we see these lousy trade deals that gut our industry for special interests elsewhere. We need someone new, who has the power, and is in the position to bust up that establishment to make things great again. It’s part of the problem.

]]>If Bernie Sanders Will Bring Gridlock Maybe He’d Be Better than Hillary Clintonhttps://politicaloutcast.com/if-bernie-sanders-will-bring-gridlock-maybe-hed-be-better-than-hillary-clinton/
Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:01:07 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22233Make no mistake, I think both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would be horrible Presidents. I’m not suggesting that conservatives do anything for or against one or the other except try to make sure both are defeated. But in the video above it is interesting to see why Hillary Clinton opposes Bernie Sanders and his universal healthcare plan. Not because it is harmful, unjust, and based on delusion. No. The only problem is that it will never happen. Bernie Sanders will give us gridlock. According to the New York Times, Bill Clinton is campaigning the same way. But on health care, he took a more direct criticism of Mr. Sanders’s plan: “I don’t want to talk about the merits, I want to talk about the practical reality here.” What followed was the legislative history of the Affordable Care Act in which he listed the difficulty in simply getting it passed […]. That history lesson was part of Mr. Clinton’s argument that Mr. Sanders’s plan for a single-payer health care system was simply not feasible. “It’s a recipe for gridlock,” Mr. Clinton said. Gridlock would be wonderful. Without gridlock we get trillion-dollar bipartisan spending bills that no one in Congress bothers to read before they pass it. As Bob Allen wrote, gridlock was the whole point of the Constitution. He wrote of Obama: Congress was intentionally designed to restrain men blinded by a lust for power, and far too enamored with their own “goodness and rightness”—to slow them down from tyrannical behavior. The 17th Amendment was a colossal error, in beginning to destroy the brilliance of the system the Founder’s gave us, and I pray to God you are restrained from doing any further damage. Freedom means allowing people to work out their own vision of how things should be—and that concept made America the envy of the world. We need more gridlock, not less.

Make no mistake, I think both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would be horrible Presidents. I’m not suggesting that conservatives do anything for or against one or the other except try to make sure both are defeated.

But in the video above it is interesting to see why Hillary Clinton opposes Bernie Sanders and his universal healthcare plan. Not because it is harmful, unjust, and based on delusion. No. The only problem is that it will never happen. Bernie Sanders will give us gridlock.

Congress was intentionally designed to restrain men blinded by a lust for power, and far too enamored with their own “goodness and rightness”—to slow them down from tyrannical behavior. The 17th Amendment was a colossal error, in beginning to destroy the brilliance of the system the Founder’s gave us, and I pray to God you are restrained from doing any further damage. Freedom means allowing people to work out their own vision of how things should be—and that concept made America the envy of the world.

]]>What Happened to Justices of Roe v. Wade When they Met their Maker?https://politicaloutcast.com/what-happened-to-justices-of-roe-v-wade-when-they-met-their-maker/
Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:35:58 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22230This Friday will mark the anniversary of one of the darkest days in the history of our land. It will mark the 43 anniversary of the horrific opinion in which the Court claimed it was legal for a woman to hire a contract killer to murder the baby residing in her womb. Justices Burger, Douglas, and Stewart filed concurring opinions along side Blackmun who wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Marshall, Brennan and Powell. It was Murder they wrote on January 22, 1973. Justice White filed a dissenting opinion in which Justice Rehnquist joined. The first to meet his maker was Douglas who died January 19, 1980 just three days shy of the seventh anniversary of that wicked opinion. The next was Stewart dying on December 7, 1985. Then the grim reaper took Marshall on January 24, 1993. Next was the Chief Justice, Burger dying on June 25, 1995. Then Brennan was removed by the hand of God on July 24, 1997. Next the angel of death came for Powell on August 25, 1998. And last was the author of that demonic opinion, Blackmun himself who died on March 4, 1999 26 years after writing that opinion. These seven men have the blood of tens of millions upon their hands, and I would not want to be in their place come judgment day. Interesting that the last to die from that Burger court were the two who stood against the decision, standing by the dissenting opinion. White died April 15, 2002 the author of the dissenting opinion. Rehnquist died September 3, 2005 who had become the 16th Chief Justice. I am reminded of Psalm 37:1-2 “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” But the Supreme Court is not alone in that blood guilt upon our land. What was tragic is that the appropriate response was not forthcoming from Congress, where the House should have impeached and the Senate removed from office all seven Justices. Nor did the Chief Executive respond justly by doing his duty in declaring that opinion null and void. And the State governments also failed because it was there duty to declare it null and void and move forward with prosecution of murder for those committing murder of the preborn children. And the people of our land also failed, they failed to elect those who would not just mouth a pro-life position, but those who would actually have ended the holocaust. We have done too little – God help us, we are guilty of terrible crimes against the Almighty. Our land is under the judgment of God until there is true repentance and an ending of this holocaust. Perhaps that evil in the White House is judgment, perhaps the wicked in black robes across this land are judgment, perhaps the evil legislation that continually pours forth from Congress as well as […]

This Friday will mark the anniversary of one of the darkest days in the history of our land. It will mark the 43 anniversary of the horrific opinion in which the Court claimed it was legal for a woman to hire a contract killer to murder the baby residing in her womb. Justices Burger, Douglas, and Stewart filed concurring opinions along side Blackmun who wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Marshall, Brennan and Powell. It was Murder they wrote on January 22, 1973.

The first to meet his maker was Douglas who died January 19, 1980 just three days shy of the seventh anniversary of that wicked opinion.

The next was Stewart dying on December 7, 1985.

Then the grim reaper took Marshall on January 24, 1993.

Next was the Chief Justice, Burger dying on June 25, 1995.

Then Brennan was removed by the hand of God on July 24, 1997.

Next the angel of death came for Powell on August 25, 1998.

And last was the author of that demonic opinion, Blackmun himself who died on March 4, 1999 26 years after writing that opinion. These seven men have the blood of tens of millions upon their hands, and I would not want to be in their place come judgment day.

Interesting that the last to die from that Burger court were the two who stood against the decision, standing by the dissenting opinion.

White died April 15, 2002 the author of the dissenting opinion.

Rehnquist died September 3, 2005 who had become the 16th Chief Justice.

I am reminded of Psalm 37:1-2 “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”

But the Supreme Court is not alone in that blood guilt upon our land. What was tragic is that the appropriate response was not forthcoming from Congress, where the House should have impeached and the Senate removed from office all seven Justices. Nor did the Chief Executive respond justly by doing his duty in declaring that opinion null and void. And the State governments also failed because it was there duty to declare it null and void and move forward with prosecution of murder for those committing murder of the preborn children. And the people of our land also failed, they failed to elect those who would not just mouth a pro-life position, but those who would actually have ended the holocaust. We have done too little – God help us, we are guilty of terrible crimes against the Almighty. Our land is under the judgment of God until there is true repentance and an ending of this holocaust. Perhaps that evil in the White House is judgment, perhaps the wicked in black robes across this land are judgment, perhaps the evil legislation that continually pours forth from Congress as well as from our State Houses is also judgment, judgment from God.

The Hope for America lies not in the coming Presidential election; it lies only in humble repentance before Almighty God for our multitude of sins. Repentance is the need of the hour. And true repentance would bring a speedy end to the murder of the preborn in our land. The Word of God is clear, He stands against the murder of the innocent, He requires their blood be atoned in that land. He stands against all those who oppress and afflict the most helpless and innocent.

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]]>The Source of Law, Rights, and Martin Luther King Jrhttps://politicaloutcast.com/the-source-of-law-rights-and-martin-luther-king-jr/
Thu, 21 Jan 2016 20:25:10 +0000http://politicaloutcast.com/?p=22227Please ponder, study, and memorize this statement with me. There is a God, our rights come from Him, and the only purpose of government is to protect and secure our God-given rights. This week Americans will be paying tribute to this century’s likely brightest orator and most dedicated man to individual liberty, Reverend Michael King Jr. (aka Martin Luther King Jr.). While I am almost certain that the good minister from Atlanta, Georgia, would not condone having a day named after him, I do not condone the worthless heaping of accolades by any people group who coopt, blindly turn from, or outright despise the Christian minister’s teachings. Immorality, theft, vandalism, Second Amendment violations, and so-called civil rights were not the basis of this Baptist minister’s philosophies. His mission was to proclaim the Gospel and his basis was God-given rights, and liberty under Law. In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, he stated “there are two types of laws: just and unjust.” And that “one has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” This smacks of the American Declaration of Independence when our founders declared the English King George was breaking the law when he “combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation… and For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.” The word “pretended” here denotes falsehood, feigned, simulated and conversely invalid. Pastor King’s letter goes on to quote renowned theologian and early church father Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.” King knew the definition of law. As stated in his letter “A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God.” This definition coincides with what the Declaration calls “the laws of nature and natures God”. At one time in our history, this was widely understood. However, in recent years, Americans have largely forgotten the fact that purported laws draw their efficacy – their validity — from adherence to these two fixed standards. Indeed, in modern times, these two critical standards are not applied by most Americans to the actions of government because these two critical standards are not studied or even known to the people. Americans desperately need to be reintroduced to the Supreme Law of the Universe (the Bible) and the Supreme Law of the Land (the Constitution). These standards can’t be applied to the actions of legislatures and governors and judges unless they are known, respected, and defended by the people. This country, as great as it is, suffers from many sociopolitical diseases, one of which Dr. King coined Schizophrenia when discussing founding documents like the Declaration of Independence. “History reveals that America has been a schizophrenic personality where these two documents are concerned. On the one hand she has proudly professed the basic principles inherent […]

There is a God, our rights come from Him, and the only purpose of government is to protect and secure our God-given rights.

This week Americans will be paying tribute to this century’s likely brightest orator and most dedicated man to individual liberty, Reverend Michael King Jr. (aka Martin Luther King Jr.). While I am almost certain that the good minister from Atlanta, Georgia, would not condone having a day named after him, I do not condone the worthless heaping of accolades by any people group who coopt, blindly turn from, or outright despise the Christian minister’s teachings.

Immorality, theft, vandalism, Second Amendment violations, and so-called civil rights were not the basis of this Baptist minister’s philosophies. His mission was to proclaim the Gospel and his basis was God-given rights, and liberty under Law.

In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, he stated “there are two types of laws: just and unjust.” And that “one has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

This smacks of the American Declaration of Independence when our founders declared the English King George was breaking the law when he “combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation… and For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”

Pastor King’s letter goes on to quote renowned theologian and early church father Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.”

King knew the definition of law. As stated in his letter “A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God.” This definition coincides with what the Declaration calls “the laws of nature and natures God”.

At one time in our history, this was widely understood. However, in recent years, Americans have largely forgotten the fact that purported laws draw their efficacy – their validity — from adherence to these two fixed standards. Indeed, in modern times, these two critical standards are not applied by most Americans to the actions of government because these two critical standards are not studied or even known to the people.

Americans desperately need to be reintroduced to the Supreme Law of the Universe (the Bible) and the Supreme Law of the Land (the Constitution).

These standards can’t be applied to the actions of legislatures and governors and judges unless they are known, respected, and defended by the people.

This country, as great as it is, suffers from many sociopolitical diseases, one of which Dr. King coined Schizophrenia when discussing founding documents like the Declaration of Independence. “History reveals that America has been a schizophrenic personality where these two documents are concerned. On the one hand she has proudly professed the basic principles inherent in both documents. On the other hand she has sadly practiced the antithesis of these principles,” said King.

He alludes that government has a tendency to praise one concept while malevolently tearing down its foundations. I pray we are not found guilty of allowing this in our own American lives, homes, communities, and halls of justice.

In the words of Declaration signer John Dickenson, “Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness…we claim them form a higher source – from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth. They are not annexed to us by parchments and seals. They are created in us by the decrees of Providence, which establish the laws of our nature.”

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